From January 1, 2015 the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the federal immigration body, introduced the Express Entry System under the various economic programmes, including the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP). Those who wish to immigrate to the country using the scheme will have to apply through Express Entry. It consists of an eligible occupational list of 347 professions.

In 2013, Canada will roll-out red-carpet welcome to over 240,000 fresh permanent residents even as the said number is nearly the same level of the fresh entrants the country has admitted during the last 6 years. However, several of these fresh Canadians will be somewhat different, claim some observers. Due to the determined attempts of the incumbent Immigration Minister, and